Interpreting a traditional table breed
Knowledge for understanding and preserving La Flèche.
The society connects La Flèche with Sarthe and poultry supplied to Paris markets in the nineteenth century. Its breed description therefore combines carriage and distinctive head form with a substantial table-poultry body. Those historical priorities are useful context, not proof of present feed efficiency or consumer demand. A careful illustration should show both the head and body, while the precise current national standard remains the reference for formal exhibition judgments.
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